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O'Keefe

O'Keefe proper noun: a surname from Irish.

Proper noun

O'Keefe (plural O'Keefes)

  1. A surname from Irish.

Forms of O'Keefe

pluralO'Keefes
alternative formO'Keeffe

Origin of O'Keefe

Anglicized form of Irish Ó Caoimh (“descendant of Caomh”), a personal name based on caomh (“gentle”).

Words formed from O'Keefe

Questions about O'Keefe

What does O'Keefe mean?
O'Keefe means a surname from Irish.
What part of speech is O'Keefe?
O'Keefe is a proper noun.

Words near O'Keefe in the dictionary

  1. O'Harras
  2. O'Higgins
  3. O'Higgins Land
  4. O'Hurley
  5. O'Hurleys
  6. O'Keefe
  7. O'Keefes
  8. O'Keeffe
  9. O'Keeffes
  10. O'Keeffian
  11. O'Kelly

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